Lamp-box.



' W. R. BOWLES.

LAMP 'BOX.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 10, 1910.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

INVENTUI? WFLLMMEEw K JEJ WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT orr oe.

WILLIAM ROBERT BOWLES, OF HO PKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY.

LAMP-BOX.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

Application filed October 10, 1910. Serial No. 586,204.

boxes, and consists in certain novel con-' structions and combinations of parts, hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive box of the character specified, especially adapted for photographic work, and wherein a negative, pic

ture or other object to be operated upon may be illuminated to the best advantage and with the proper character of light.

Referring to the drawings forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is a plan view ofthe improvement. Fig. 2 is a side view. Figs. 3 and tare sections on the lines 33, and 1-4, res ectively of Fig. 2, and, Fig. 5 is a partial on view showing the box in inclined position.

The embodiment of the invention shown comprises a base composed of two sections 1 and 2 of sheet material and hingedtogether at one side edge at 3, and each of the sections is flanged at the outer side edge and at its ends as at 4. The section 1 is of greater width than the section 2, and is provided with a central opening 5; A cup shaped receptacle 6, substantially elli tical in cross section is arranged with its ase seated on the upper face of the section 1, and the said receptacle is provided with an opening 7 registering with the opening 5 of the base section. The receptacle is secured to the base by rivets 8, and the free edges of its side walls are beaded at 9. A shell 10. is provided having a cross section similar to that of the receptacle, the shell being of sheet material, and provided at each end with a transversely arranged closure 11 consisting ofa plate of wood or like material. Each of the plates has its outer face flush with the end of the shell and is secured in and engaging the plate. Each of the plates is also provided with a circular opening 13, registerlng with the openings 5 and 7 when the shell is in position. The shell is seated in the receptacle 6, and a similar receptacle or cap 14 is arranged above the shell, the said cap having a beaded free edge 15, and having an opening 16, registering with the o ening 13 of the adjacent late 11. The e ges of the opening 16 o the cap are flanged or beaded as shown at17. The cap 14 and receptacle 6 are of somewhat greater cross section than the shell, sufficient to permit the end of the shell to engage with the said cap and receptacle, but not great enough to permit the end of the shell to engage the bottom of the receptacle or cap, so that chambers 18 and 19 are formed between the end of the shell and the receptacle and cap, respectively. The front 20 of the shell is approximately plane, and is provided with an opening 21 substantially rectangular in shape. above the opening and extending on each side thereof, and a similar guideway 23 is arranged below the opening. A plate 24 is slidable in the guideways over the opening, and the said plate is provided with a central opening. The negative 25 is held in place by overlying flanges 26, which encircle the opening as shown in Fig. 2. The opening 21 of the shell is of greater width than the negative to be used.

A plurality of incandescent lamp sockets 28 are secured on the plates 11, near each end thereof, and a lamp 29 is detachably engaged with each socket. The lamps 29 are arranged in parallel and the leads 30 pass from the lower sockets upwardly through a passage 31 formed in one end of the shell to the upper sockets, and from thence out of the shell through a bushing 32 in the opposite end wall.

As shown more especially in Fig. 2, the lamps are arranged on each side of the central opening of the shell, and behind the adjacent flange 27. The lamps are arranged 1n pairs, one pair at each end of the shell, and the openings 13 of the plates are slightly behind the plane of the lamps, so

A guideway 22 is arranged flange 26 is omitted at the top, as indicated in Fig. 2, to permit the insertion and removal of the negative.

The'improvement may be used for a variety .of purposes. B placing the base sections in the position s own in Fig. 5, that is, with the sections 1 and 2 inclined with respect to each other, the improvement may be used for retouching. The negative is placed inthe slide, and when the slide is insorted, the negative is in the-most favorable position for retouching. It will be under stood that the hinged joint 3 is a stiff hinge so that the sections when inclined with respect to each other will hold this position by friction. The light behind, while strong, is soft and without any dazzling effect.

For use in copying, the picture to be copied, is placed on the rear face of the box and the camera is laced in front, the copy beingmade through the openin "The 10- ture may be supported against t e rear ace of the box in any suitable manner. The picture is thus strongly illuminated on the face. By placing a negative in the slide and placing a camera in roper position in front of the slide, the device may be used to advantage in enlarging. For negatives of dif-' ferent size, sli having different sized openings, are made use of.

I cla1m:

1. A box of the character specified, comprising a base composed of sheet material and consisting of two sections hinged together at then side ed es, the outer edges of the sections being anged, a receptacle secured on one section of-the base, a shell having a substantially plane front wall and an outwardly curved rear wall seated in the receptacle, said shell having at each end a transversely arranged plate provided with a central opening, a cap engaging the upper end of the shell, said cap and receptacle being spaced apart from the plates to form a chamber at each end of the shell, said shell having a central opening in its'front wall, a plurality of lamps in the shell, said lamps being connected with the plates and being arranged between the flanges and the ends of the shell, ideways above and below the opening 0 the shell, a slidehaving a central opening movable in the guideways,

and means onthe slide for supporting a negative in the opening thereof, the receptacle and cap having openings'registering with the openings of the plates, the shell having a passage in one end wall for the leads of the lamps.

2. A box of the character specified, comprisin a shell having a plane front wall provi ed with a central opening, guideways above and below the opening, a slide movable in the guideways and having a central opening, holders on the slide for holding a negative over the openin illuminatln means in the shell at each si e of the'centra opening, and-a base for the box, said base.

being composed of sections hinged together, theshell being attached to one of the sections and with the front wall facing the a other section.

3. A box of the character specified, comprising 'a base composed of a plurality of sections hinged together by one edge, a shell having a substantially plane front, and a transversely outwardly curved back seated on one section, and facing the other section,

the front having a central opening, a slide,

having means for supporting .a negative slidab e transversely 0 prising a base composed of a plurality of sections hinged'together by one edge, a shell having a substantially plane front, and a the opening, and illuminating means in the shell at each side.

transversely outwardly curved back seated on one section and facing the other section,-

the front having a central opening, a slide;

having means for sup orting a negative slidable transversely o the opening, and illuminating means in the shell at each side of the opening.

5. A box of the character specified, comprising a base composed of a plurality of sections hinged together, by one edge, a shell having a substantially central opening, in its front seated on one section and facing the other, illuminating means on each. side of the opening, and a slide provided with a central opening and with means for supporting a negative'over the opening, movable transversely of the box opening.

6.' A box of the character specified, comprising a base composed of a plurality of sections hinged together, by one edge, a shell having a substantially central opening in its front seated on one section and facing the other, illuminating means on each side of the opening, and a slide provided with a central opening and'with means for supporting a negative over the opening, movable transversely of the box opening.

I 7. A box of the character specified, comprising a case having a substantial central opening in its front, an illuminating means on each side of the opening within'the case, a slide movable transversely of the openone of the sections whereby to permit the box to be tilted by inclining the sections ing of the case, said slide having an openlng with respect to each other.

and having means for supporting a negative over the opening, and a base for the box, said base consisting of a plurality of sections hinged together, the box being on WILLIAM ROBERT BOWLES. Witnesses:

CHAS. O. PRoWsE,

N. S. WEST. 

